Giorgia Birkeland of White Bear Lake has earned a red, white and blue uniform as a member of the U.S. Olympic team in long track speed skating.
Giorgia Birkeland of White Bear Lake has earned a red, white and blue uniform as a member of the U.S. Olympic team in long track speed skating.
WHITE BEAR LAKE — The developer has changed, but a planned subdivision at 1800 County Road E, Rooney Second Addition, remains a nine-home development with a new twist.
Northeast Youth and Family Services president and CEO Tara Jebens-Singh has decided to move on to pursue her doctorate degree.
If you’ve lived in this area all your life or for just one winter, you know there are many outdoor activities once the snow arrives.
Year of the titmouse
Minnesota is rich in edible wild foods, but it’s difficult to find anything alive and growing when everything is buried under inches of snow and ice. Foraging for wild foods in winter is a bit like a scavenger hunt—it gets you outside and keeps you busy in the winter months, with the promise…
Press Publications wants to hear your greatest love stories—anything worthy of a Nicholas Sparks novel to a blind date gone right will do! This is your chance to tell the community how you charmed your way into 50-plus years of marriage or were pleasantly surprised by a secret admirer. Submi…
Forty years of wild game feasts that fed as many as 800 guests on behalf of wildlife conservation are a thing of the past now, due to the pandemic. But that didn’t stop the dinners’ founder, Rich Bohaty, from continuing his passion to give back.
Four Seasons Curling Club will offer four days of an Olympic Learn to Curl Open House in January and February to help people increase their enjoyment of watching the sport during the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Feb. 2-20.
To say religion wasn’t a part of Meisha Johnson’s first 29 years would be a huge understatement.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to fix an error.
While growing up in east St. Paul, Jon Baller liked to draw but never dreamed that someday he'd be competing in a national ice sculpting competition.
The city of Stillwater is preparing to host the inaugural World Snow Sculpting Championship competition Jan. 18-23.
Minnesotans know their way around ice — about 775,000 pounds of ice, to be exact. That impressive poundage belongs to this year’s ice palace maze at the Zephyr Theatre, which opens Jan. 15 and runs until Feb. 20. Weather permitting, the ice palace will remain open until the 28th.
Along with winter come snow and cold, essential components of the many wintertime Minnesota activities. Ice anglers flock by the thousands to lakes, along with snowmobilers, skiers, skaters and others. Some find it hard to wait.
Her goal was to become an attorney, but that changed.
Centennial High School just started taking advantage of a program that could have a big impact on students’ futures.
Editor's note: The wedding show has been postponed to Sunday, April 10 due to rising COVID-19 cases.
Exposure to winter’s dry, cold air and chilly rain, sleet and snow can cause chapped paws and itchy, flaking skin, but these aren’t the only discomforts pets can suffer.
Press Publications has helped deliver over 100 letters to Santa. Each year, Press Publications asks children to drop off their letters to Santa in the big red mailbox outside of the office in White Bear Lake, or to mail them in.
The holiday season brings many kinds of gatherings: family dinners, office parties and, for birdwatchers, the time-honored Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC).
What began as a thought of packing some shoeboxes with holiday gifts for seniors has since blossomed into an effort by a Hugo teen to touch the lives of cancer treatment patients as well.
Owners of an area apple orchard, a local farm and a seasonal ice cream shop can now share a little bit more about a big secret they have had to keep for quite some time.
A rewarding performance in his hometown three years ago left composer/pianist Michael Djupstrom eager for an encore. That day has come, thanks to a grant from the S&R Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Hundreds of National Guard members from around the state and country participated in a recent training session at Century College and other state colleges that was coordinated to help address staffing shortages at healthcare facilities during a period of heightened need due to the continuing…
Linda Johnson missed out on school sports, as Title IX came a bit too late for her, but she has enthusiastically embraced physical activity throughout her 66 years.
Retired 3M engineer Jim Hunt loves rocks, especially agates. His fondness for the gemstones became more than a hobby recently after his son convinced him to open an Etsy shop.
The White Bear Lake Elf Hunt is back for its second year. On Dec. 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., families are invited to come downtown in search of toy elves, which will be hidden in 30 local businesses.
The story about the Native American burial mounds on Lake Avenue and their subsequent removal in the late 1880s has taken a turn, thanks to research into archived documents at the county courthouse.
Hisdahl’s Trophy has been a in business in White Bear Lake since 1967. Keith Hidsahl first purchased the business from his parents in 1995, and moved to his current location in 2005. In 2019, he started a major remodeling effort with a new building and new parking lot. In the process Keith s…
After almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the folks at Indulge Salon know that health care workers deserve a break — or at least a mani pedi.
By now, ornaments are likely on the tree, a garland is draped over the fireplace and lights are strewn about, both indoors and outdoors.
It’s a rare occasion to have 45 people from ages 19 to 70 all in one room together, but that’s a typical Monday night rehearsal for the Valley Chamber Chorale. The amateur community choir is made up of doctors, lawyers, nurses and teachers — all types of people from all walks of life — who s…
If you ever feel like you're not losing weight fast enough, Stillwater resident Jon Wentz has two words to make you feel better – “10 years.”
WHITE BEAR LAKE — An effort to formally ask the Metropolitan Council to "pause" all planning for the Purple Line, formerly known as Rush Line, failed last week.
World-class chainsaw artist Aya Blaine is turning an enormous cottonwood into a remarkable piece of art at Cabin 61.
After months of isolation due to the pandemic, Margaret Christenson tapped into her own creativity and, in turn, tapped into some of her fondest memories.
Those of us who love dogs know what our furry friends can do for us. They get us outside for long walks. They greet us at the door when we come home from work. Even petting your pooch for 15 minutes can lower your blood pressure by 10%.
With a deadly open-water season nearly in the rearview mirror, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds everyone that lakes and ponds throughout the state have started to freeze — and that where ice hasn’t formed, the water is dangerously cold. It’s up to all people to choose to…
Later this week, 80 students from Centennial High School (CHS) will perform a classic, and it couldn’t be a better time.
If the cities of Blaine and Lexington can’t come to an agreement soon, they may find themselves in a courtroom.
The Minnesota Department of Health has launched new semi-permanent COVID-19 testing sites across the Twin Cities metro due to an increased demand for testing. The former YMCA in Lino Lakes is among the sites that offer both saliva PCR testing and rapid testing.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year … time for Press Publications’ Holiday Lights Contest, that is.
WHITE BEAR LAKE — A search for starry stonewort at three access points on the lake this summer came up empty.
SHOREVIEW — Hidden in the Shoreview Village Mall is the Sacred Grounds Coffee House, a nonprofit creative community space meant to plant seeds of understanding so that equity and healing may flourish for all.
SHOREVIEW — A vacant dentist office that has been closed for nearly 15 years in the Shoreview Village Mall is now the home of the Overflow Community Thrift Store, a nonprofit founded by Cathy Oestreich and Cinthia Velasquez.
The theft of catalytic converters from parked vehicles has skyrocketed in the Twin Cities region, but a new pilot program from the Minnesota Automotive Dealers Association (MADA) aims to put a stop to these unchecked crimes.
Blood, sweat, tears and a lot of cake mix have gone into John Lupo’s baking business over the last 44 years. As the Grandma’s Bakery owner nears his 68th birthday, he’s retiring his flour-dusted apron and calling it quits.
WHITE BEAR LAKE — Century College is the recipient of a $1 million grant designed to keep a diverse student body in school.
If all goes as planned, Lyngblomsten will open its doors to tenants on a second campus in Lino Lakes 110 years after it first opened its doors to the first resident at its Como Park campus in St. Paul.
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